Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally

Opelika Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01081041702 · Lee County, AL · pop 3,579 · 55% of tract blocks fall in Opelika

Tract 01081041702 covers Opelika in Alabama. Home to 3,579 residents, it scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 37% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $838 a month against an average household income of $41,554 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 9% Owners 83%

Tract context

Occupied units1,382

Renter share17.2%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate15.4%

Median income$41,554

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Opelika and the region

Centroid at 32.5811, -85.3503 · click any tract to drill in

Why Opelika scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Opelika

4.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.0

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

15.4% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

$838 rent vs county FMR

2.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Opelika

6.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Opelika

6.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Opelika

6.6

How Opelika compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

94%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
57%Racial/ethnic minority
46%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

21.9%Housing insecurity
16.5%Utility-shutoff threat
32.8%Food insecurity
29.6%SNAP enrollment
16.2%Transit barriers
15.4%No health insurance
20.6%Frequent mental distress
44.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Opelika

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Opelika eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lee County average of 4.4 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 21.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01081041702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01081041702?

Census tract 01081041702 in Opelika scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01081041702?

Median gross rent is $838/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01081041702?

15.4% of residents in tract 01081041702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,579.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01081041702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 94th, minority 57th, housing 46th.

What share of households in tract 01081041702 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.9% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01081041702 compare to Opelika overall?

Tract 01081041702 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Opelika at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Opelika eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Opelika

Top eight tracts in Opelika ranked by composite eviction-risk score.